The Homer 751? BCE-651? BCE creator Buckley, Theodore Alois 1825-1856 text utu 2007 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Iliad" by Homer is an ancient Greek epic poem composed around the late 8th or early 7th century BC. Set during the final weeks of the ten-year Trojan War, it follows the devastating anger of Achilles, the greatest Greek warrior, sparked by a bitter quarrel with King Agamemnon. As Achilles withdraws from battle, the conflict escalates toward the death of Troy's noble prince Hector. With gods intervening on the battlefield and heroes clashing in combat, this foundational work of European literature explores glory, fate, wrath, and the brutal realities of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iliad Project Gutenberg has several editions of this eBook: #51355 (Translated by George Chapman) #6130 (Translated by Alexander Pope) #16452 (Translated by William Cowper) #22382 (Translated by Theodore Alois Buckley) #6150 (Translated by Edward, Earl of Derby) #3059 (Translated by Andrew Lang, Walter Leaf and Ernest Meyers) #2199 (Translated by Samuel Butler) Release date is 2007-08-23 Juliet Sutherland, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreaders Europe Original publication data not identified Epic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English Achilles (Mythological character) Trojan War PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22382 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22382 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133520.0 22382